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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: zannette on Sunday 29 July 18 14:23 BST (UK)
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Does anyone know if the above authors's book are still in print, and if so, where to buy. In particular I am interested in 'The Moons of Amounderness', and I think he also wrote a history of Kirkham. (Moon is a surname here, it's not a book about lunar activity!
many thanks
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Full title:
Yeomen, Craftsmen, Merchants. The Moons of Amounderness and Leylandshire.
Publisher: W. Watson & Company.
Out of stock on Amazon :'(
FamilySearch have it, and it can be ordered (to view) through your local Family History Centre.
FHL film number: 994066 Item 2
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There's a list of his published titles here:
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr94036085/
Click on a book title to see in which libraries it may be found.
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There are copies of The Moons of Amounderness in some Lancashire libraries here:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mfs/
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Thanks KGarrard and Barbara. I have 2 Moon lines from Kirkham parish. ( there were a lot of Moons in Kirkham.) I recently read excerpts online from " Kirkham in Amounderness - the story of a Lancashire community", the other book referred to by zannette.
I was interested to see "The Clifton Papers" on that list found by KGarrard. They include a 16thC rental roll for the Manor of Lytham when it was owned by the Molyneux family. One tenant on the roll was the earliest mention of another of my families.
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Many thanks for your input. Unfortunately I cannot get to any library as I live in Greece. (No, they don't actually have public libraries here - no money). I was hoping I could locate a 2nd hand copy. Had a look on ebay but nothing there.
all the best
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If you could locate the publisher (or their modern-day equivalent) maybe they might have a dusty copy somewhere?
Or try 2nd-hand book dealers?
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Or try 2nd-hand book dealers?
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/author/r-cunliffe-shaw/
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Contact Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society. A member is a dealer in second-hand and antiquarian books. When he compiles a new catalogue he puts a link on LFH&HS forum. He probably knows the book. If someone wants a certain book he'll try and find a copy.
I read bits of the book about Kirkham on Ancestry I think.
Have you heard of the Internet Archive? It has texts of some out of print books. I found Catholic Record Society journals from 100 years ago which contained transcripts of R.C. registers. One of my Moon lines accounted for a large proportion of entries at one chapel.
There's another website which publishes texts of old books. It's a subscription site.
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Or try 2nd-hand book dealers?
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/author/r-cunliffe-shaw/
The bookseller I mentioned in my reply#8 may be the one who has "The Clifton Papers" and a copy of "Records of a Lancashire family from the 12th to the 20th century"